Birmingham office expansion

W.H. Ireland Group PLC
21 June 2004

                             W.H. IRELAND GROUP PLC

                      MAJOR EXPANSION OF BIRMINGHAM OFFICE

W.H. Ireland Group PLC, the AIM quoted financial services company, is pleased to
announce that 10 client advisers have joined the Birmingham office bringing the
total staff complement to 18, comprising 5 corporate finance staff and 13 in
private client stockbroking. This is the third group of advisers to join W.H.
Ireland in Birmingham in the last 2 years. Those recently joining W.H. Ireland
have come from Fyshe, Horton, Fynney.

W.H. Ireland has been expanding rapidly over the past three years and now
employs approximately 150 people in ten offices throughout the UK.

Chief Executive Laurie Beevers, said,

'I am delighted to welcome our highly experienced new colleagues to our
expanding Birmingham office. We now have a significant presence in London,
Manchester, Birmingham and Cardiff which, together with the expansion of our
other regional offices and our strong Corporate Finance departments, enables us
to service our growing level of business throughout England and Wales.'

At W.H. Ireland's recent AGM, Chairman Sir David Trippier indicated the Group
expected to announce a strong set of interim results for the period ending 31
May 2004. These results will be announced in early August.



Press enquiries:

Laurie Beevers, Chief Executive                   Tel: [phone]

Richard Lee, Managing Director                    Tel: [phone]



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